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Apparatus for Lighting Gas.

Patented Aug. 16, 1859.

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IVM. B. JOHNS,

OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

APPARATUS FOR LIGHTING GAS-BURNERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,122, dated August 16, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVM. B. J mum, of the United States Army, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Lighting Gas; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,forming part of this specification, in the several figures of whichsimilar characters of reference denote the same part.

Figure 1 is a view of the apparatus in position for turning the key ofthe burner. Fig. 2 shows it in position for lighting the burner.

The nature of the invention consists in a wrench with a jointed matchholder at the opposite extremity to be used as hereinafter to be setforth.

In the drawing A is the staff with an ordinary wrench B at itsextremity. The opposite end of the staff has two joints C and D, so asto admit of section F of the staff being brought parallel to the mainbody thereof, as seen in Fig. 1. The end of this section being hollowand provided with a spring, a, for holding a match. The middle of thestaff is provided with a cavity Z), having a roughened cover 0,constituting a match box.

The match, m being inserted in section F after it is ignited, theseveral parts having positions shown in Fig. 1, a light is furnish-ed toenable the operator to guide the wrench to the head of the key. As soonas the flow of gas commences, the staff is reversed so as to bring thematch end uppermost, the sections being brought into line as seen inFig. 2, and the flame applied to the escaping gas.

I claim- Giving the wrench staff the joints sections E and F, so that amatch inserted in the extreme section may illuminate the burner keywhile the gas is being turned on and also serve as a torch to ignite thegas.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name before twosubscribing witnesses.

M. B. JOHNS.

lVitnesses JorINs HOLLINGSHEAD, Gno. PATTEN.

